As per title, if you had to switch away from Spotify ASAP, what streaming service would you go with? Ideally something around the same price range, meaning the change won’t incur in extra expenses. Also good if the service does its job well: playing music and paying artists. Any feature parity with Spotify is a bonus, except podcasts, which don’t require a paid streaming service. Or audiobooks. Focus on music. No piracy either (it’s illegal). The more money going to artists, the better.
Edit: extra bonus points if it is not 'Murican! Also, piracy is very illegal!!!
300 mp3 files in a folder called ‘Music’ on my phone, plus any local music player for playlists (shoutout auxio on f-droid)
Yes. No ads. No live versions, no AI generated music. I have 30 GB of music on my phone. I don’t understand the appeal of paying to not own anything.
Yep. I always buy a phone with the biggest built-in storage and keep favorite and new music with me at all times and make my own playlists in Poweramp. Free and private. (Well, I think poweramp is like $5-10 bucks, but it’s awesome and worth it.)